Bag-tie.



I A. M. BATES.

BAG TIE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.29.1913.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

imam/9r I 4d9Jr/W. 522 i651 iii/295595 annninnn M. Barns, or CHICAGO,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINQIS, A CORPORATION ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR To Barns VALVEembolism;

OF WEST VIRGINIA."

BAG-uni Specification of Letters Ila/cent Patented oct. 12. 1 91Application filed December 29, 1913. SeIiaI'No. 809316..

To all whom it'mdg concern: g

Be it known thatzI, ADELMER BATES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of j Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bag-Ties, of which thefollowing is a specification.

- My invention relates to a wire tie for bags,

particularly open mouth bags, and has for its object to provide certainnew and useful improvements more particularly hereinafter I set forth.

It is illustrated in the accompanying drawingswhereini Figure 1 is aside elevatlon of a tie; F 1g.

2, an end view of a bag showing the tie in.

position for tightening; and Fig. 3, a similar view showing the tietightened on the ba a My tie, broadly speaking, comprises a length ofwire with a large loop at one end,

a smaller loop at the other and a return length of the wire, the twoparts twisted together adjacent the small loop. When the tie isto beapplied to the bag it'is brought around the part to be closed and thesmall loop is carried through the large loop and the small end drawn outso as to tightly inclose the bag portion, and then the twisted ordoubled portion of the tie is bent backward on the large loop so as totightly secure the parts together. In the preferred form of my devicethe two lengths of wire are twisted together as indicated in Fig. 1 sothat each piece of the wire is twisted, or rather they are arranged sothat the body of the tie is straight and the return end is coiled aroundthe body of the tie so as to make a kind of screw thread or notchedportion.

One of the advantages of my tie is that-it is capable of being appliedand detached by hand without the use of any tools whats'o; everr Thismakes it always convenient for,

application or use and obviates theneces sity of tools which in thehands of 'ai careless operator are liable to injure the bagL':-It" isadaptable in situations where the bags are of varying sizesor-thicknesses, for the ,re-

turn end of-thelwire is carried along the body of the tie for suiricientlength to thus 1 strengthen. or thicken the extended portion of thetie., This doubling of the wire perinits the use of. a relatively lightand cheap wire while at the same time I secure in efi'ect end B thestraight portion A, bent'lh'ack and twisted around it."

twisted portion surrounding tween the two portions; of the a tie? The.

small loop at the free end of the tie furnishes an end without anysharp?point to".' injure the hand [or the bag'andis of such" 85' a naturethatit'mav be fin -11y 'forced into position close to the baglso as'toobviate-the, danger of being disengaged, .Itj'willjbe bf, served thatthe large loop isin;e1fct a;s lip knot, and excessive pressure on-the'tie' will 7o; simply make the loop smaller instead of breaking. thewire'of the tie. .Whe're as in" the preferred form thereturn piece ofwire I is wound around the straight body of tho tie the efl'ectis toproduce a' kind-of notched" end which when carried through the largeloop gives the latter a series of notches in, I one of which it may findrest so as to give. a. secure hold. f I

The tie-is particularly adapted for use in connection with ordinary openmouth bags. They can be fed to any machine for application, in the eventof their being applied by machinery, by stringing them upon an in clinedstring by means of one of the loop",

The use and operation will bev obvious from wh'alt has gone before. Thetie is bent around the end of the bag and the small loop passed throughthe large loop and then itis drawn tightly into position so as tosecurely, clamp 01' tightly gr'p the endlof the bag.- The small loopendof the double-.wir of the tie istlienfdoubled back upo large loopwhereuponithelf parts tightly in position'becau'seiof 'of the tie at thepoi'ntiwher 'th doubled. by the ro ug ned ,0 acter of thel-tie" amt good.gripc gand "i loop endl-canb of timing. v

' A is a -straight length ofwir'e. round loop at one 'end'thr'eof, nevis'lidably engaging the. body f creed close to the:

tie A;

C is a crooked wireportion integ Th'i portion, stifi'ens it, and formreinforcement which may be passed through the ring B.

I claim:

A wire tie for bags and the like having a 1001') at one end and bentback upon itself at the other end, 30 as to form a, doublemiire portionmade up of a straight portion and a crooked portion twistedti'ierearound, and 11 loop at the other end of the wire formed by theWire end slidably engaging the body 10 of the Wire to leave the 100 freeto contract. In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in the presenceof two Witnesses this 23rd day of December, 1913.

ADELMER M. BATES. Witnesses: v

BESSIE S. RICE, Minnie M. LINDENAU.

